专四词汇200题

fascinated many readers but made others a little uncomfortable. A. sensitive B. sensible C. sentimental D. sensational

69. I needed more money and so I decided to make the ____ by the horns and ask my boss for more pay.

A. bull B. cow C. goat D. wolf

70. Failure in a required subject may ____ the denial of a diploma.

A. result from B. bring down C. result in D. bring out

71. The limestone was eroded by the ____ water until only a thin shell remained.

A. spilling B. dropping C. dripping D. leaking

72. These areas rely on agriculture almost ____, having few mineral resources and a minimum of industrial development.

A. respectively B. extraordinarily C. incredibly D. exclusively

73. The ranch owners appropriate the lands that had originally been ____ for the Indians’ use.

A. set away B. set aside C. set back D. set out

74. The goal is to make higher education available to everyone who is willing and capable ____ his financial situation.

A. with respect to B. in accordance with C. regardless of D. in terms of 75. Too polite to laugh in anyone’s face, Roy did his best to ____ his laughter at Ed’s inane remark.

A. distress B. oppress C. impress D. suppress

76. Digby’s embarrassment when he met Madonna was ____: his ears turned bright pink and he kept scuffing one shoe in the dirt. A. acute B. manifest C. keen D. severe

77. Fiber-optic cables can carry hundreds of telephone conversations ____.

A. simultaneously B. spontaneously C. homogeneously D. contemporarily 78. I am afraid that his border raid is the ____ to more serious attacks.

A. symptom B. reference C. prelude D. inference

79. The elderly Russians find it hard to live ____ their state pensions.

A. on B. through C. with D. up to

80. The farmers have taken strenuous pains to turn the ____ land into fertile fields.

A. bald B. void C. blank D. barren

81. Even though the Red Cross had ____ a large sum for the relief of the sufferers of the disaster, many people perished.

A. indicated B. allocated C. designated D. appointed

82. Individual supports are run by over 370 independent government bodies whose functions usually include ____ rules, holding events and promoting international links.

A. drawing on B. drawing in C. drawing up D. drawing down 83. I think you have permitted your son too much ____ in this matter.

A. attitude B. altitude C. latitude D. aptitude

84. The deaths of such ____ actors as John Candy and George Burns tell is that the galaxy of Hollywood superstars is rapidly disappearing.

A. obvious B. conspicuous C. noticeable D. renowned

85. As the mountains were covered with a ____ of cloud, we couldn’t see their tops.

A. coating B, film C. veil D. shade

86. The college is about to ____ a program for reducing math anxiety among students.

A. generate B. initiate C. yield D. bear

87. The children can repeat the poem they’re just learnt by ____.

A. chance B. heart C. sight D. experience

88. There are many who believe that the use of force ____ political ends can never be justified.

A. in search of B. in pursuit of C. in view of D. in light of 89. The government are trying to ____ their involvement in the affair.

A. play down B. go off C. read up D. take out

90. They claim that they can ____ worn shoes so that they look like new ones.

A. refresh B. innovate C. renovate D. modernize

91. I will ____ to this opinion until proof that I am wrong is presented.

A. comply B. confirm C. adhere D. accord

92. If you go to the park every day in the morning, you will ____ find him doing physical exercise there.

A. logically B. persistently C. ordinarily D. invariably

93. Even after she’d retired from work, she kept up her habitual practice of rising at the ____ of dawn.

A. beginning B. crack C. track D. break

94. He is the only person who can ____ in this case, because the other witnesses were killed mysteriously.

95. The table linen was neatly folded up and ____.

A. put away B. break away with C. pass away D. do away with

96. If you pay authors by the word, you tempt them to produce ____ manuscripts rather than brief ones.

A. tedious B. boring C. diffuse D. monotonous

97. Some American colleges are state-supported, others are privately ____ and still others are supported by religious organizations.

A. ensured B. attributed C. authorized D. endowed

98. Drops of supplies are being made to villages still ____ by the snow.

A. cut off B. cut short C. cut into D. cut up

99. In ____ with our rules and regulations, I am calling a meeting of our organization.

A. approval B. treaty C. conformity D. harmony

100. She has recently left a job and had helped herself to copies of the company’s client data, which she intended to ____ in starting her own business. A. dwell on B. come upon C. base on D. draw upon

101. During the period of ____ from oil heat to gas heat the furnace will have to be shut off.

A. transfer B. transmission C. transition D. transportation

102. There is a ____ difference in meaning between the words surroundings and environment.

A. gentle B. subtle C. feeble D. humble

103. I have ____ in my stomach before I go on a first date with a girl.

A. dragonflies B. bees C. butterflies D. birds

104. Your fears are ____ because no such animal as you have described exists.

A. fanatic B. fascinating C. fantastic D. favorable

105. The terrorists had ____ their prisoner in a small room. However, they had not chained him to the wall.

A. restrained B. refined C. confined D. restricted

106. The government has the right to ____ undesirable aliens.

A. deport B. abolish C. abandon D. desert

107. In an inventive mind, imagination often serves as a necessary ____ to reason.

A. compliment B. resource C. complaint D. complement

108. Why don’t you ____ smoking for a while until your cough gets better?

A. lay out B. lay off C. lay aside D. lay down

109. After his vacation in this ____ section, he felt soothed and rested.

A. plausible B. placid C. plain D. plump

110. Todd ____ payments on the car until the company had corrected the mechanical defects.

A. dispensed B. suspended C. appealed D. compressed

111. It really got Mr. Brown’s ____ when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets.

A. sheep B. goat C. horse D. cow

112. His ____ directions confused us; we did not know which of the two roads to take.

A. ambiguous B. complicated C. arbitrary D. intricate

113. After learning more about the sufferings of the refugees, they felt ____ to make contributions to the relief agencies.

A. dispelled B. repelled C. compelled D. reinforced 114. He tried and tried but all his efforts were ____.

A. in no way B. on the contrary C. at a loss D. of no avail

115. The terrorists might have planted a bomb on a plane in Athens, set to ____ when it arrived in New York.

A. go off B. get off C. come off D. carry off

116. I was impressed by the range of ____ accessories of my microcomputer that were available.

A. acceptable B. compulsory C. optional D. random 117. Don’t answer ____ the elders; it’s not polite.

A. to B. for C. back D. about

118. She remains confident and ____ untroubled by our present problems.

A. indefinitely B. infinitely C. optimistically D. seemingly

119. Because Jack had based his argument upon a faulty ____, his opponent cheerfully pointed out the holes in his logic.

A. promise B. prelude C. premise D. preface

120. The helicopter ____ a light plane and both pilots were killed.

A. coincided with B. stumbled on C. conflicted with D. collided with

121. Doctors often make higher ____ for their works than they should.

A. bills B. costs C. charges D. payments

122. I know you can ____ any difficulties that may stand in the way of your getting an education.

A. surmount B. deal C. cope D. manage

123. The defense called several ____ witnesses who were able to refute the false testimony of the prosecution’s only witness.

A. respectful B. respective C. respectable D. respecting

124. The younger person’s attraction to stereos cannot be explained only ____ familiarity with technology.

A. in quest of B. by means of C. by virtue of D. in terms of

125. I caught a ____ of the car before it disappeared around the corner of the street.

A. glance B. glare C. glimpse D. gleam

126. Some well-know scientists believe that there is not enough oxygen on Mars to ____ human life.

A. remain B. sustain C. retain D. last

127. How do I know what he’s going to do? His intentions are always as clear as ____.

A. soil B. day C. water D. mud

128. They are convinced ____ the singularity of their good taste.

A. of B. on C. over D. at

129. Frequently single-parent children ____ some of the functions that the absent adult in the house would have served.

A. take off B. take after C. take on D. take in

130. As a defense against air-pollution damage, many plants and animals ____ a substance to absorb harmful chemicals.

A. relieve B. dismiss C. release D. discard

131. A ____ editor, she checked every definition for its accuracy.

A. conscious B. conscientious C. contagious D. contemptuous 132. Why do you have to ____ adhere to such out-dated ideas?

A. harshly B. tightly C. bitterly D. rigidly

133. Since it is too late to change my mind now, I am ____ to carrying out the plan.

A. obliged B. committed C. engaged D. resolved

134. He has failed me so many times that I no longer place any ____ on what he promises.

A. faith B. belief C. credit D. reliance

135. Ted knows all about servicing cars but his ideas don’t always ____.

A. get over B. get away C. get off D. get across

136. Officials working behind the ____ urged them to avoid further confrontation.

A. scenes B. sights C. views D. scenery

137. Katya’s ____ love of justice caused her to champion anyone she considered to be treated unfairly by society.